Theme Park Bits: Wreck-It Ralph Ride Rumored For Disney World, Disneyland Calls Off Plan For New Luxury Hotel
In this edition of Theme Park Bits:
Rumor has it that aWreck-It Ralph attractionis under development at the Magic Kingdom to replace the unpopular yet tenacious Stitch’s Great Escape in Tomorrowland. As construction work revs up on the park’s new Tron-themed, coaster-style attraction — which is being built next to Space Mountain in Tomorrowland — the Magic Kingdom has also unveiled a neat new Tron billboard whileannouncing some modificationsto the Walt Disney World Railroad and Tomorrowland Speedway.
To better help count guests, Star Tours emblems were added in each pre-show area before boarding a Starspeederpic.twitter.com/NiYQfQ89Fm
— WDW News Today (@WDWNT)July 27, 2025
The last thing Star Tours needs is double-booked Starspeeders. Fortunately, as you can see from the tweet above, it just got easier for Cast Members to do a headcount on guests waiting in line for the attraction at Disney’s Hollywood Studios.
Sebastian’s Bistrohas been confirmed as the new name of the restaurant formerly known as Shutters at Disney’s Caribbean Beach Resort.
Some sad news this week asScott Watson, the chief technology officer for Walt Disney Imagineering, has died in a small plane crash.
Splash Mountain is now getting its ownFunko Pop! Rides figure. The figure depicts Br’er Rabbit and Br’er Bear on one of the ride’s log flumes. A limited supply will be available in select locations at both Disney World and Disneyland Resort.
Coming Soon: Exclusive Disney Theme Park’s Splash Mountain Pop! Rides!https://t.co/OYX3DCMu6gpic.twitter.com/CaRQZszxzS
— Funko (@OriginalFunko)July 07, 2025
Just in time for the start of Halloween festivities next month, the Haunted Mansion is getting aslew of new merchandiseat Disney World, including some exclusives for Annual Passholders like a limited-release plush set featuring the Hatbox Ghost.
No sooner did we see some freshconcept art and plansfor Disneyland Resort’s proposed new luxury hotel than the news broke this week that theplans have been halteddue to a battle over tax breaks with the city of Anaheim. We’ll keep you posted on the continually unfolding, on-again, off-again saga of this hotel as more news develops.
FIRST 👀: Take an exclusive tour of#AventuraHotel.pic.twitter.com/OGJ61RSFYa
— Universal Orlando Resort (@UniversalORL)June 23, 2025
On August 16, Universal’s Aventura Hotel celebrated its grand opening at Universal Orlando Resort. You can take a video tour of the new hotel above and the Universal Orlando blog also has abreakdown of the hotel’s perks, such as its views of Volcano Bay, Islands of Adventure, and Universal Studios Florida. This might be a good place to stay if you’re headed to Halloween Horror Nights for itsHalloween 4 mazes.
August 16 was also National Roller Coaster Day in the U.S. and if you weren’t already thinking of moving to Canada, now you might have some extra incentive. In 2019, a theme park called Wonderland outside Toronto is set to debut theYukon Striker, “the longest, fastest and tallest dive roller coaster in the world.”
Artist Eric Tan celebrated National Roller Coaster Day by taking to Tumblr to reveal his official ride poster for The Incredicoaster at Disney California Adventure.
Finally, as of this week, it’s been a year since my personal favorite Disney ride, The Great Movie Ride,closed forever. Life goes on, however, and the Chinese Theater now hasconstruction wallsup around it at Disney’s Hollywood Studios. This time next year, guests might already be experiencing the new attraction Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway, which is slated to open in the Chinese Theater sometime in 2019.
